The tsetse fly (Genus Glossina) is notable for two things: it carries parasites called trypanosomes, which cause sleeping sickness in humans and nagana in cattle in sub-Saharan Africa; and it gives ...

The fertility of both female and male tsetse flies is affected by a single burst of hot weather, researchers at the University of Bristol and Stellenbosch University in South Africa have found. The ...

The female tsetse fly, which gives birth to adult-sized live young, produce weaker offspring as they get older, and when they feed on poor quality blood. The female tsetse fly, which gives birth to ...

The tsetse fly is quite unique in the insect world: it feeds exclusively on the blood of humans and animals, gives birth to live young and provides nutrition to its young by lactation. But in the ...

WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - An international team of scientists has deciphered the genetic code of the tsetse fly, the bloodsucking insect that spreads deadly African sleeping sickness, with the ...

Lake Victoria is a pearl shared among the East African community. It is the second largest fresh water lake on the continent; dotted with beautiful islands and providing fresh waters for the delicious ...

Tsetse flies have attracted a lot of attention albeit sporadic in nature especially when they attack human beings. Ironically, despite these defining incursions, the tsetse problem remained neglected ...

The fertility of both female and male tsetse flies is affected by a single burst of hot weather, researchers have found. The fertility of both female and male tsetse flies is affected by a single ...